Traveler(s), traveller(s), The Traveler(s), or The Traveller(s) may refer to:
People
Generic terms
*One engaged in
travel
Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations. Travel can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, ship or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel c ...
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Explorer
Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians.
Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most ...
, one who searches for the purpose of discovery of information or resources
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Nomad
A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the popu ...
, a member of a community without fixed habitation
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Showman
Showman can have a variety of meanings, usually by context and depending on the country.
Australia
Travelling showmen are people who run amusement and side show equipment at regional shows, state capital shows, events and festivals througho ...
, or funfair traveller
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Tourist
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mo ...
, one who travels for pleasure or business
Specific groups
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Romani people
The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sig ...
, or Roma, or Gypsies, and their subgroups in various countries
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Indigenous Norwegian Travellers
Indigenous Norwegian Travellers (better known as Fantefolk or Skøyere) are an ethnic minority group in Norway. They are a wandering people who once travelled by foot, with horse-drawn carts and with boats along the southern and southwestern coas ...
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Irish Travellers
Irish Travellers ( ga, an lucht siúil, meaning "the walking people"), also known as Pavees or Mincéirs (Shelta: Mincéirí), are a traditionally List of nomadic peoples#Peripatetic, peripatetic indigenous Ethnic group, ethno-cultural group ...
Individuals
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List of people known as the Traveller "The Traveller" is an epithet applied to:
People
* Bengt Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1591–1643), Swedish diplomat sometimes called Resare-Bengt ("Bengt the Traveller")
* Daniel the Traveller ({{fl., 12th century?), first travel writer from the Kievan ...
* "The Traveller", pen name of
Billy Pinnell
Billy Pinnell (aka ''"The Traveller"'') (?-1977) was the sports editor of the ''Bristol Evening Post'' from the first day of publication in April 1932 until his retirement 34 years later on 31 December 1956.
Career
During his career he covered ove ...
(died 1977), sports editor of the ''Bristol Evening Post'' from 1932 to 1956
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
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The Traveler (''Star Trek'')
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The Traveller (James Herbert)
* Travellers, in the novel ''
Earthworks
Earthworks may refer to:
Construction
*Earthworks (archaeology), human-made constructions that modify the land contour
* Earthworks (engineering), civil engineering works created by moving or processing quantities of soil
*Earthworks (military), m ...
'' by Brian Aldiss
* Travelers, in D.J. MacHale's ''
Pendragon
Pendragon or ( wlm, pen dreic, ''pen dragon''; composed of Welsh , 'head, chief, top' and / '' dragon'', 'dragon; warrior'; borrowed from the Latin word , plural , 'dragon , br, Penn Aerouant) literally means 'chief dragon' or 'head dragon', bu ...
'' novel series
*''The Traveler'', in the video game ''
Destiny
Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual.
Fate
Although often ...
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Films
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''The Traveler'' (1974 film), an Iranian drama
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''Traveller'' (1981 film), an Irish film starring
Davy Spillane
Davy Spillane (born 1959 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician, songwriter and a player of uilleann pipes and low whistle.
Biography Irish music
At the age of 12, Spillane started playing the uilleann pipes. His father encouraged him an ...
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''Traveller'' (1997 film), an American crime drama
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''Traveller'' (1999 film), a Brazilian drama
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''The Traveller'' (2009 film), an Egyptian film
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''The Traveler'' (2010 film), an American–Canadian horror film
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''Traveller'' (2012 film), Linde Nijland's official music video
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Travelers: Jigen Keisatsu'' ("Travelers: Dimension Police") a 2013 Japanese science fiction film
Games
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''Traveller'' (role-playing game), 1977
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''Travellers'' (card game)
Literature
Periodicals
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''The Traveler'' (magazine), a Chinese tourism magazine
*''The Traveller'', another name for the ''
British Journal
The ''British Journal'' was an English newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide va ...
'', an English newspaper published from 1722 to 1728
*''The Travelle'', a 19th century British evening newspaper; see
Walter Coulson
Walter Coulson (1795 – 1860) was an English newspaper editor, barrister, writer and associate of Jeremy Bentham. He served as Parliamentary reporter on the ''Morning Chronicle'' and was the editor of the evening paper ''The Traveller''.
Life
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Books and poems
*''Traveler'', a 2007 novel by
Ron McLarty
Ronald William McLarty (April 26, 1947 – February 8, 2020) was an American actor, playwright, and novelist. He also worked as an audiobook narrator, in which role he recorded over 100 titles and received many Audie Awards.
McLarty appeare ...
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Traveler (novel series)
Traveler(s), traveller(s), The Traveler(s), or The Traveller(s) may refer to:
People Generic terms
*One engaged in travel
*Explorer, one who searches for the purpose of discovery of information or resources
*Nomad, a member of a community withou ...
, by
D. B. Drumm
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''Traveller'' (novel), by Richard Adams, 1988
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''The Traveler'' (novel), a 2005 novel by John Twelve Hawks
*''The Traveler'', 1 1987 novel by
John Katzenbach
John Katzenbach (born June 23, 1950) is an American author of popular fiction. Son of Nicholas Katzenbach, former United States Attorney General, Katzenbach worked as a criminal court reporter for the ''Miami Herald ''and ''Miami News'', and a ...
*''The Traveler'', a 1991 novel by
Don Coldsmith
*''
The Traveler: An American Odyssey in the Himalayas'', a 1993 book by
Eric Hansen
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''Travelers'' (novel), by Helon Habila, 2019
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"The Traveller" (poem), by Oliver Goldsmith, 1764
*''The Traveller'', a poem by
James Dillet Freeman
James Dillet Freeman (March 20, 1912 – April 9, 2003) was a poet and a minister of the Unity Church, a New Thought denomination. Freeman was born Abraham Freedman according to his Delaware Birth Certificate in Wilmington, Delaware but began u ...
*"The Traveller", a short story by
Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.
He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science ficti ...
Music
Groups
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The Travellers (band)
The Travellers were a Canadian folk singing group that formed in mid-1953. They are best known for their rendition of a Canadian version of "This Land Is Your Land" with lyrics that reference Canadian geography.
The group was formed as a resul ...
, a Canadian folk singing group
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The Travellers (Maltese band)
The Travellers are a music band from the Maltese island of Gozo. They released "Sempliċità" ("Simplicity"), their debut single, in January 2016. Their sound is characterized by Maltese lyrics accompanied by brass-based pop music.
History
...
, a band from Gozo, Malta
Albums
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''Traveler'' (Colin James album), 2003
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''Traveler'' (Hitomi album), 2004
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''Traveler'' (Steve Roach album), 1983
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''Traveler'' (Trey Anastasio album), 2012
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''Traveller'' (Anoushka Shankar album), 2011
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''Traveller'' (Chris Stapleton album), 2015
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''Traveller'' (Christy Moore album), 1999
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''Traveller'' (Jorn album), 2013
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''Traveller'' (Slough Feg album), 2003
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''The Traveler'' (Kenny Barron album), 2007
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''The Traveler'' (Rhett Miller album), 2015
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''Traveler'' (Official Hige Dandism album), 2019
*''The Traveler'', an album
by Billy Cobham, 1994
*''The Traveler'', an album
by Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, 2019
*''The Traveller'', an album by
Shed
A shed is typically a simple, single-story roofed structure that is used for hobbies, or as a workshop in a back garden or on an allotment. Sheds vary considerably in their size and complexity of construction, from simple open-sided ones de ...
, 2010, and his pseudonym
*''The Traveller'', an album by
Tineke Postma
Tineke Postma (born August 31, 1978) is a Dutch jazz saxophonist.
Career
At the age of eleven, Postma began playing the saxophone. She studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory between 1996 and 2003 and obtained a master's degree in music. Her teach ...
, 2009
*''Travellers'', an album by
Nucleus Torn
Nucleus Torn is an alternative metal/neofolk music band from Switzerland.
History
''Nucleus Torn'' was founded in 1997 as a one-man band by Fredy Schnyder, a versatile musician playing a variety of instruments including acoustic and electric guit ...
, 2010
Songs
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"Traveller" (song), 2015
*"Traveller", a song by
Aiko Kayō
is a singer and actress. She has released 12 singles and 2 albums on the Avex Trax label in Japan. She has also performed with the musical units and A Girls.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
As featured artist
Photobooks
*''Pretty ...
, 2004
*"Traveller", title track of
''Traveller'' (Anoushka Shankar album), 2011
*"Traveller", title track of
''Traveller'' (Jorn album), 2013
*"The Traveller", a song by Joe Satriani from the 2002 album ''
Strange Beautiful Music
''Strange Beautiful Music'' is the ninth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on June 25, 2002 through Epic Records;[Listen
Listen may refer to:
* The action of listening
* Auditory system#Central auditory system, Central auditory system listening is how the brain processes what you hear
* Listening behaviour types in human communication
Computing
* LISTEN, a Transm ...]
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*"The Traveller", a song by Chris de Burgh from the 1980 album ''
Eastern Wind
''Eastern Wind'' is singer/songwriter Chris de Burgh's fifth studio album, released in 1980. It did not make the UK Albums Chart or Billboard 200, but was at the time the second best-selling album in Norway after ''Abbey Road'' by the Beatles.' ...
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*"The Traveller", a song by Beach House from the 2015 album ''
Thank Your Lucky Stars''
*"The Traveler", a song by Scale the Summit from the 2013 album ''
The Migration
''The Migration'' is the fourth studio album by American instrumental progressive metal band Scale the Summit. It was released on June 11, 2013, through Prosthetic Records. The album was self-produced by the band and Jamie King. The album's artwor ...
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Television
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''Traveler'' (American TV series), 2007
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''Traveler'' (South Korean TV series), a 2019
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''Travelers'' (TV series), a 2016 Canadian science fiction drama
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"Travelers" (''Stargate Atlantis''), a 2007 episode
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"Travelers" (''The X-Files''), a 1998 episode
*"The Travelers", an episode of ''
Dark
Darkness, the direct opposite of lightness, is defined as a lack of illumination, an absence of visible light, or a surface that absorbs light, such as black or brown.
Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low lum ...
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*"The Travellers"
a 2001 episode of ''The Lost World''
*"A Traveler", an episode of
''The Twilight Zone'' (2019 TV series)
Other uses in arts and entertainment
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''The Traveler'' (sculpture), 1982, by Richard Beyer, in Bend, Oregon, U.S.
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''The Travelers'' (sculptures), surrealist sculptures by Bruno Catalano
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Traveler curtain
A traveler curtain, also called ''draw curtain'', ''bi-parting curtain'', or just ''traveler'', is the most common type of front curtain used in theaters. Traveler curtains remain at a fixed elevation and open and close horizontally, break up and ...
, or traveler, a front curtain in theaters
Horses
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Traveller (horse)
Traveller (1857–1871) was Confederate General Robert E. Lee's most famous horse during the American Civil War. He was a gray American Saddlebred of , notable for speed, strength and courage in combat. Lee acquired him in February 1862 an ...
(1857–1871), owned by General Robert E. Lee
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Traveler (horse)
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Traveler (died 1912), was a foundation sire of the American Quarter Horse breed, but mystery surrounds him as his breeding is completely unknown.Simmons, et al. ''Legends 2'' p. 6 He appeared in Texas in the mid-1880s and eventuall ...
(1880–1912), American Quarter horse foundation sire
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Traveler (mascot)
Traveler is a horse who is the mascot of the University of Southern California. Traveler appears at all USC home football games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as well as many other outdoor events, including numerous Rose Parades. The cu ...
, of the University of Southern California
Science and technology
*''
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria
''Costaconvexa centrostrigaria'', the traveller or bent-line carpet, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is native to most of North America, except the Arctic. It is an introduced species in Great Britain, the Canary Islands, the Azores and ...
'' or traveller, a moth
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Traveller (nautical fitting)
A traveller is a part of the rigging of a boat or ship that provides a moving attachment point for a rope, sail or yard to a fixed part of the vessel. It may take the form of anything from a simple ring on a metal bar or a spar to, especially in a ...
*Traveler, part of a
ring spinning
Ring spinning is a spindle-based method of spinning fibres, such as cotton, flax or wool, to make a yarn. The ring frame developed from the throstle frame, which in its turn was a descendant of Arkwright's water frame. Ring spinning is a contin ...
machine for the manufacture of textile yarn
Sports
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Delhi Travellers
The Delhi Travellers are a junior hockey team based in Delhi, Ontario, Canada. The Travellers play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.
History
Prior to 1966, the Delhi franchise was a member of the Shamrock ...
, a junior ice hockey team in Canada
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Little Rock Travelers
The Little Rock Travelers were an American minor league baseball team located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and members (1902–1910, 1915–1958, 1960–1961) of the Southern Association, which as a Class A, A1 or Double-A (baseball), Double-A circuit ...
, a defunct American baseball team
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Arkansas Travelers
The Arkansas Travelers, also known informally as The Travs, are a Minor League Baseball team based in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The Travelers are affiliated with the Seattle Mariners as members of the Texas League.
History
The team succeeded ...
, an American baseball team
Transportation
*, the name of several Royal Navy ships
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USS ''Traveler'' (SP-122), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
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USS ''Traveller'' (1805), a United States Navy supply boat in commission in 1805
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Traveler (automobile), an American car produced in 1914–1915
Other uses
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Traveler Mountain
Traveler Mountain is a mountain located in Piscataquis County, Maine, Piscataquis County, Maine, in Baxter State Park. The Traveler, is the eighth-most topographic prominence, prominent in Maine. Subsidiary peaks include the Peak of the Ridges No ...
, in Maine, U.S., whose highest peak is called The Traveler
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The Travelers Companies
The Travelers Companies, Inc., commonly known as Travelers, is an American insurance company. It is the second-largest writer of U.S. commercial property casualty insurance, and the sixth-largest writer of U.S. personal insurance through indepen ...
, an American insurance company
See also
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Boston Evening Traveller
The ''Boston Evening Traveller'' (1845–1967) was a newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts. It was a daily newspaper, with weekly and semi-weekly editions under a variety of ''Traveller'' titles. It was absorbed by the '' Boston Herald'' ...
'', a newspaper published from 1845 to 1967
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New Age travellers
New Age travellers, not completely synonymous with but otherwise shortened to New Travellers (often referred to as "crusties"), are people in the United Kingdom generally espousing New Age beliefs along with the hippie culture of the 1960s (over ...
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